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Dentith, Audrey M.; Sailors, Misty; Sethusha, Mantsose – Journal of Literacy Research, 2016
Education reform, including methods to create greater gender equality, is an ongoing process in post-Apartheid South Africa. Using an African feminism theoretical framework and a critical content analysis approach, we examined the representation of female characters in a subset of supplementary reading titles created under an international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Equal Education, Gender Issues
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Høst, Håkon; Seland, Idunn; Skålholt, Asgeir – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
Could the labour market gender balance be improved by introducing new types of apprenticeship-trained workers? This article investigates what happened in the wake of the Norwegian VET programme for health and social care, a new approach introduced via the 1994 educational reform. By upgrading this traditionally female-dominated area of education,…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Health Services, Social Services, Apprenticeships
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Capobianco, Brenda; Horowitz, Reina; Canuel-Browne, Donna; Trimarchi, Ruth – Science Teacher, 2004
The National Science Education Standards encourage teachers to approach their teaching in a spirit of inquiry--assessing, reflecting on, and learning from their own practice. In this article, the authors draw from their own experiences as science teacher-researchers and present practical guidelines for science teachers who want to learn more about…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Guidelines, Sex Fairness, Science Teachers